Gators S/SS Entries

[kansas stocker]

Don, you've brought up the point that I have been trying to understand for the last couple of years. Maybe someone from NHRA can explain that for us.
My friends that rope in the PRCA are facing the same problems.
Pete

[Larry Hill]

Tv ?

[pmrphil]

You've got it, Larry. That and spectator response. Watch the stands fill as the fool cars come to the line. Then watch them empty as class cars come up. NHRA bottom line, spectator appeal, not what's right for the racers who come and spend their money and time.

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by pmrphil

You've got it, Larry. That and spectator response. Watch the stands fill as the fool cars come to the line. Then watch them empty as class cars come up. NHRA bottom line, spectator appeal, not what's right for the racers who come and spend their money and time.

What would happen to a national event if there are no sportsman? The Pits are deserted and the manufactures row looks weird no one to show or sell their products, there is nothing going on in the pits no happening Pros are declining big time , Sportsman in my opinion have got to understand the Power Of Money we provide to NHRA, example Membership, Entry fees per year is huge do the math , The manufactures who sell to sportsman racers ,the ads in national dragster ,so forth and so on get the picture >the over view of a Huge happening in the pits cannot not ever happened without sportsman There is a huge underlying amount of money being spent by Sportsman racers of course in the High Performance Industry

[James Perrone]

What would happen if there was no sportsman?
They will fill with jet cars or street outlaws
Racing national events are a privilege where your have to earn points to get in
Nhra could car less about our entry fee. PROVEN they haven’t add extra spots in a few years. They can do without us. Look at Englishtown. They can do without it
You gotta earn points plain and simple

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by James Perrone

What would happen if there was no sportsman?
They will fill with jet cars or street outlaws
Racing national events are a privilege where your have to earn points to get in
Nhra could car less about our entry fee. PROVEN they haven’t add extra spots in a few years. They can do without us. Look at Englishtown. They can do without it
You gotta earn points plain and simple

Correct on the earn points is a given

but do the math 500 race car per event times 24 events times say $500 per car is ??? looks around 6 mill per year to me just in entry fees give or take a few dollars just using this as an example ,all I would like NHRA to do is raise the Quota in Stock and Super Stock by 50 entries per event , since I am a Super Stock racer and like Stock

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Don Kennedy

Correct on the earn points is a given

but do the math 500 race car per event times 24 events times say $500 per car is ??? looks around 6 mill per year to me just in entry fees give or take a few dollars just using this as an example ,all I would like NHRA to do is raise the Quota in Stock and Super Stock by 50 entries per event , since I am a Super Stock racer and like Stock

I am not trying to cause issues or criticize anyone just trying to help NHRA make more money so the Sportsman purses can go up . It seems to me the Sportsman prize money have not gone up but down ????

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by James Perrone

Racing national events are a privilege......

Not buying this one for a minute. Take a look at the original charter for NHRA and why it was formed.
This reminds me of the old adage " A driver's license is a privilege , not a right"
(to drive on our own roads)

See my signature line below again v v

[SC363B]

Don, there are other classes effected by the quotas. What if they just allowed 50 more super class cars. We pay the same entry and require a lot less oversight. No tech other than seatbelts, fire suites and helmet, diaper and membership and license. Don’t need anybody working scale no fuel check no making sure the car has the right hood or is in the right class no tear downs don’t need to worry about track prep. We support the manufacturers same as S/SS and and there are way more of use than you.
I’ve seen the idea posted that they allow 70 entries in all the classes and 64 qualify and six don’t make the show. We would probably still need 4 grade points and there would still be people with not enough to enter. Heck if it only took 1 grade point someone would complain they only live a mile from track and should be given preference.

[jmcarter]

Mark, love the Will Rogers line....yet another classic, only Mark Twain compares.

And devil's advocate here; if they increased the quotas at Gainesville you do know you'd be parked out by the University of Florida agriculture center, right? And if it rains...good luck. There's barely enough room on the asphalt for the Army campus, hospitality trailers for JFR/DSR, TRAXAS car track and the rest of the circus.